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European Payment Solutions
0707 European Payment Solutions (EPS) est une initiative du secteur de la Grande Distribution pour créer un nouveau système de paiement par carte de débit en Europe sous la marque déposée " Pay Fair " … ... au moins c’est ce que prétend Dominique Buysschaert,...
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Cartes bancaires : le montant des fraudes repart à la hausse
0707 Il ne suffit pas d'améliorer la technologie pour réduire la fraude. Avec la généralisation en France du standard EMV, destiné à renforcer la sécurité des transactions tout en assurant la compatibilité internationale des cartes, les fraudes à la carte...
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Kadeos presents anti-theft gift card
0707 Kadeos, the gift card of French group Accor, has upgraded its security standards, as the buyer of a card now needs to connect to the kadeos.fr Web site, to register the barcode and his personal identity. In case he loses the card, he must stop via...
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Insurance companies test Duo card
0707 Insurance companies Aviva, AXA, Groupama-GAN and MMA have launched the pilot version of new card "Duo", which will replace a paper document allowing people to transfer the payment of their medications in pharmacies to their insurance companies, so-called...
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Banque Accord et Flouss.com lancent en France
0706 Banque Accord et Sencillo SAS lancent le 11 juin en France Flouss.com, première carte internationalede transfert d’argent 100% électronique. Yassine, 30 ans : "Je vais envoyer une carte Flouss.com au pays... ma famille pourra compter sur moi." Avant...
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Debit Cards Popular Offering at Church
0705 With Americans carrying less cash around with them, U.S churches are having to accept donations by credit and debit card. Last year, Visa USA saw a 21 percent increase in the volume of payment card usage at religious organizations compared to 2005....
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EU demolishes financial walls in single market
0705 The EU is one step closer to a single European payment area after the European Parliament backed plans for new rules to make cross-border payments with debit or credit cards across the bloc as easy as domestic payments. MEPs gathering in Strasbourg...
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UK : Death of the cheque nears
0705 The death of the cheque moved a step closer yesterday after a poll by Visa UK found cheque payments accounted for just 2% of all retail turnover in 2006. The poll of 800 people also found just 6% of shoppers paid for their goods by cheque, while...
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Germany: Electronic cash card payments up in Q1/2007
0704 Payments made with the Geldkarte electronic cash card in Germany climbed by around 50% to just under EUR 40mn (US$ 54.05mn) in the first quarter of 2007 compared to the first quarter of 2006. The electronic cash card benefited from the introduction...
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Boots to blank chequebook and pen
0704 Boots is set to ban cheque payments at around 1,500 stores in the UK and Ireland from May 1. The retailer is the latest high street name to restrict chequebook payments in UK stores, and initially trialled the ban in Surrey and Sussex. It says that...
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PAS DE MIGRATION BANCONTACT/MISTER CASH
0704 Dans l’attente d’un cadre de référence plus clair pour les activités de paiement par carte un niveau européen, le schéma national Bancontact/Mister Cash ne sera pas migré au 1er janvier 2008. Annoncé par Banksys en mai 2006, l’abandon de la carte...
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U.S. Commercial Cards Set For Growth
0703 Spending on U.S commercial cards is set to reach US$1.2 trillion by 2010, as cards issuers focus on migrating small business purchases to plastic, according to Packaged Facts. The U.S. commercial cards market, which includes purchasing cards and...
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German Railway, Vodafone Trial NFC Ticketing
0703 Mobile handsets equipped with a Near Field Communication (NFC) button are to be used for a trial of contactless ticketing in Germany. The trial will test the Touch&Travel technology which has been developed jointly by German railway operator Deutsche...
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étude PSE consulting pour First data
0703 Ceci est l'enquête, commanditée par FD à PSE Consultting il y a 6 mois, sur les préparatifs et l'opinion des banquiers monétiques à propos de la mise en place du SEPA. Aperçu du contenu : le SEPA se fera-t-il par auto-régulation => "si seulement...
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Chip-and-PIN Reduces Fraud at UK Retailers
0703 Point-of-sale card fraud at UK retailers fell by 47 percent in 2006 relative to 2005, due to the introduction of chip-and-PIN cards, says UK payments association APACS. Last year, face-to-face card fraud in the UK amounted to £72.1 million (US$139.15...
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First Data Teams with NCS for Mobile Payments
0703 U.S payment processor First Data International has teamed up with Germany's NCS Network and Communication Service to offer transaction processing for mobile payments. Founded in 2003, NCS has developed a mobile payment system known as Crandy. The...
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Ireland: Chip and PIN to be introduced from March 17
0703 Shoppers will be able to use their PIN numbers to pay with their debit or credit cards from March 17, when new measures to protect banks against fraud are coming into force. The changes mark the final stages of the switch to chip and PIN card technology,...
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Proposed work programme for e and m payment
0703 EPC030/07 11 February 2007 Version 0.9 ChB Draft Circulation: e&m ad hoc Expert Group, Coordination Committee Members Restricted: No Introduction This paper sets out the proposed priorities for work to be undertaken by the EPC in the area of e and...
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Session dinformation SEPA Belgique
0703 Bruxelles, 1er mars 2007 – Ce jour, 1 er mars 2007, Febelfin a organisé une session d’information sur le Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), intitulée "Les aspects pratiques de SEPA. Ou ce qui change pour l’utilisateur final". 305 jours à peine nous...
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WestLB and ClickandBuy team for Sepa direct debit pilot
0703 German bank WestLB is partnering with Internet payments firm ClickandBuy to provide direct debit payment processing services in support of the introduction of the single euro payments area (Sepa) in 2008. The companies say they will conduct a Europe-wide...
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Apacs says cashless society as likely as paperless office
Figures on the use of cash in the UK, released by the payments association Apacs to coincide with the launch of a new £20 note, show that Britons show no signs of abandoning cash any time soon. This is despite predictions from Visa of a cashless society...
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First Data teams with NCS to deliver m-payments services
0703 US e-payments firm First Data is teaming with Germany's NCS to offer mobile payment processing services to its merchant and banking customers worldwide. First Data says the joint service offering will be based on NCS's Crandy mobile payment system...
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Biometric Industry Leader Teams with Saatchi & Saatchi to Build a Global Lovemark
0703 Pay By Touch on Course to Change the Way the World Shops - March 14, 2007 SAN FRANCISCO, - Pay By Touch, the leader in biometric payments and personalized marketing, today announced that it has formed a unique partnership with Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide....
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Voca and LINK announce intention to merge
0703 • VocaLINK to be one of Europe’s leading payment processors • Banks and their customers to benefit from trusted payment processing, innovative services and shared knowledge London, 6 March 2007 : Payment services companies Voca Ltd (“Voca”) and LINK...
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Denmark: Growing popularity of payment by Dankort
0703 Since Danish bank card Dankort replaced the magnetic strip on its cards with a chip, retailers have started to replace old Dankort terminals with new ones. The chip technology is regarded as a safety measure for customers and appears to be a hit...